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1993 A204F-OL
A204F Oil (more images) Red copyright sprite

The A204F is a four string fret-less Affirma series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 1992. It was produced in Japan.

The A204F features half through neck construction with a kralo walnut body attached to a maple neck with a fret-less ebony fingerboard with offset abalone dot position markers at the twelfth fret and side white dot. The body has a sculpted, asymmetrical double cutaway design by swiss luthier Rolf Spuler with distinctive, narrow, curving horns; the AFR logo is inlaid into the guitar top between the pickup and bridge. Components include a single AFR 4 special single-coil pickup mounted halfway between the bridge, an AFR 2-band EQ w/ piezo active tone control, a Mono-rail IV bridge with "Stay D tune" and individual volume adjustable polyphonic piezo saddle pickups and 19mm string spacing, a barrel-style stereo output jack, a plastic nut and gotoh tuning machines.

Controls consist of individual volumes for the magnetic and piezo pickups, a stacked 2-band EQ for the magnetic pick and an active tone control for the piezos. The gain of each individual piezo can be adjusted via trimpots accessible from the back of the instrument.

The A204 is a similar fretted version. The A205F is a similar five string version.

The A204F was discontinued after 1994.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for A204F
Model name: A204F
Year(s) offered: 1992-1994
Sold in: Europe 1993 only / Japan
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: ¥240,000[1] (1992-1994)
Finish(es): Oil (OL)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Kralo walnut
Neck joint:
Half-through-neck
Bridge:
Mono-rail IV w/ PPP and "Stay D tune" (19mm string spacing)
Knob style:
Knurled metal dome
Hardware color:
Cosmo black
Neck
Neck type:
AFR4
Neck material:
1-piece maple
Scale length:
864mm / 34"
Fingerboard material:
Ebony
Fingerboard inlays:
Offset balone dot at 12th fret w/ white side dots
Frets:
24 / medium
Nut:
Plastic (41mm)
Machine heads:
Gotoh
Electronics/ Strings
Bridge pickup:
Special Polyphonic piezo
Middle pickup:
AFR 4 Special passive
Electronics:
AFR 2-band EQ active
Controls:
Volume / Balancer and stacked 2-band EQ
Battery:
18V
Output jack:
¼" stereo barrel (side mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.045/.065/.085/.105
Factory tuning:
1G,2D,3A,4E (E standard)

Images[]

1992 A204F-OL
1992 Ibanez A204F Red copyright sprite

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